Waste valve for bathtubs and lavatories



May 31,1921. 1,630,352

J. N. MORTIMER WASTE VALVE FOR BATHTUBS AND LAVATORIES Filed Oct. 18, 1926 I: U I

3% am WW I athszweq 5" be. retained in open position when desired.

Incarrymg out my invention I employ a ;40 and provided with an outwardly exten vand 'a tapering yalve seat 13. This thread j; bathtub opening into the :drainfelbow and 45' theflan'g'e'12 seatsintoa recess usually pro- Patented May '31, 1927.

Y 1m:- 'UNITED" TAT BS PATEN'IEi-EOFFICE;

JOHN N. uoarmnn, or LAKEWOOD, ortIo, ns'sronon 'ro run crewman BRASS MANU- 4 racrnnme COMPANY, or

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WASTE vh'nvnron narn'r'uns m navaron ms Application me October 18, 1926; swarm. 142,278.-

In. the 'drawing I haife shown the stem 16.

This invention relates generally to a waste valve for bathtubs and lavatories .and more particularly to certainimprovements of the waste valve disclosed in my application No. 598,088. j

I "The 'object' ofthe present invention is to provide a waste valve which will take-'- the place of-the ordinary chain and stopper in common use-and which will completely elimi 10 natethe, chain which after a period of use becomes more or less unsanitary. Another object of; the invention is to. provide a waste valve which can be quickly and easily opened or closediand whichcan and another object is torovide a; valve which is non-removable an consequentl "is: not likely to be misplaced or- 'sto en.v

' Another and very iin ortant object of the 20 invention is to provie for the quick and easy connectionof the device to the bathtub;

without'the employment of especially designed tools orztechnique Wi th these various objects in view' the 5 invention consists inthe details of construe tion and infth'e' mannerof combinin or; ar-

ranging the same .all of which will e fully. described hereinafter and setv forth in the appended clai1n..' z a W In the. drawings forming a part-of this specification,--Fig. 1 is a'side'elevation of my improved-device ready for insertion into a v bathtub 'or'a lavatory; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional 'viewshowing the valve raised or.

:35 opened; Fig.' 3 is a top'plan" viewof the device "and Fig. 4 is a sectional plan on the line4 4 0? Fig. '2 andlooking downwardly.

' metallic ring externally threaded at 11 annular. flange 12 atthe-upper end th andflangediring. is screwed through the vidjedfor' the same so that the top 'ofthe ring athtub.

a cent y bored 11111115 and working down hubfisa stem 16 2-fthe m ans t r r placement and dm .the-i-bathtubgf while being oisuph length as to elevate the.

valve-sufiiciently for the introduction of the driver "or othertool is; not sufiiciently long-to contact with the bottom of th'e'drain In order to threaded into the valve 17 i but it will of course be understoodthat it can be .made

integral therewith if so desired. 'The hub is slotted vertically as shown at 19 and the stem 16;. is provided with a laterally projecting pin 20 which moves up and down in: the slot 19 when the valve is being raised and lowered and in order to maintain the valve in an open position it is given a turn in either direction after the pin 20 has been" moved clearof the hub'and this hub is pro vlded with. a stop 21 against which the pin 20 s adapted .to' contact to limit the rotaiymovementof the valve. Thislug or, pro eet1on 21 is so positioned that the valve when raised can be turned in either direction to effect the-locking. of the valve in its raised position,

The stemis provided with a I stop collar from the hub. This stop collar can be made collar-or merely a lateral projection so long drawal.

.1 v 22 to' prevent the stem beingwithdrawn;

. an integral part of the s'tem'orit can be at- 1 tached thereto and may be either a complete as the same is of such' sizeas to prevent witha I The stem 16 is of such length and the pin 20' is so positioned thereon that when the.

valve-is completely opened, there-is ample space between the valve and rin to insert a screw driver or'any-other' suitable tool for 1' the pur'po'se'of turning the ring to screw thesame into. the bathtub o'rlavatory without.

injuring in any manner the valve orseat.

This eliminates the formation of the ringin any peculiar manner and also eliminates the use'eajf special tools ortechnique for the securmg of the device in --..lavatory. The valve stem,

interfere-with the free exit register with the groove 19 and then i' the valve to drop upon its seat. To open the valve it is only necessary to lift .the same vertically and give the stem a turn in either direction 'untilthe pin 29 contacts with the stop lug or projection 21.

lit w ll thus be seen that I provide an ex- I ceeding1y'.cheap, simple and eflicient form of threaded sleeve provided at its upper end with an outwardly extending flange,- said sleeve having a. valve seat at its upper end,-

a centrally disposed spider having a longitudinally slotted hub, said hub having an upwardly projecting stop lug, and a valve a waste valve for bathtubs comprising an externally the bathtub.

provided With a stem, said stern having a laterally pro'ecting pin intermediate its ends and a laterally prO ecting'Stop at its lower end, the length of said stem being such as. to hold the valve elevated a suflicient distance above the spider to permit a tool to be brought into en agement with said spider for the purpose 0 screwing the sleeve into In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix niy signature.

- JOHN N. MORTIMER. 

